Crime
Gunmen reportedly kidnap APC women leaders after attending Kaduna Gov. Uba Sani’s inauguration
Unknown gunmen have reportedly abducted 2 women leaders of the APC in Kaduna State.
The women, identified as Birnin Gwari APC woman leader, Hajiya Lami Awarware & her assistant, Hajiya Haulatu Aliyu were reportedly kidnapped along Manini flashpoint of Birnin Gwari LGA of the state.
They were said to be on their way back home after attending the inauguration ceremony of the new Governor of the state Senator Uba Sani on May 29.
Chairman of Birnin Gwari Emirate Progressive Union Ishaq Usman Kasai disclosed this during an interview with journalists in Kaduna on May 31.
According to him, the bandits blocked the road & kidnapped the two APC women leaders alongside scores of others.
He said the victims were kidnapped on Tuesday & were taken to the forest by their abductors.
The BEPU chairman, however said the kidnppers were yet to make contact with families of the victims neither have they made any ransom demands.
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